12 Ghosts II : A Critique

For my video, I worked with John Chapmen to create a piece based around the NIN song 12 Ghosts II. The original concept was a sort of pre-apocalyptic vision leading into the apocalypse. A few of the things that worked out really well were the shots of the falling tools, done by dropping them from a bucket kept just out of frame, the water glass falling on the laptop, and the breaking of the wineglass. Each of these shots turned out really well and looks good. A few problems that occured were the fact that the camera slider liked to stick towards one end. This led to several reshoots of scenes in order to get a smooth slide. Also the monitor from the end shot wouldn't break at first, It took four attempts to get that thing to break in a satisfactory manner. Overall, the video was surprisingly easy to make. I'd like to thank John for his fabulous camera work without which the video would have been alot different.